what if the other half of your unusualness emerged from the depths of the uncanny valley and began posting unusual songs to compete with you

Edited, mixed & mastered on 02 Apr 2022 & 11-12 Apr 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, USA. 

Synths, effects

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 16 Apr 2019, Upper East Side, Manhattan, NYC, USA. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “My Infirm Cigar” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0693: Melody Sorted. The Assignment: Reorganize a familiar song note by note.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/

More on the 693rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Melody Sorted — The Assignment: Reorganize a familiar song note by note — at https://disquiet.com/0693/

My Infirm Cigar (disquiet0693)

i like how this came out, and plan to integrate it into my slowly expanding project at https://museumofhistoricalmaterials.bandcamp.com

a frantic 5/4 reworking of a 4/4 track i've been working on this week. mellotron via m-tron pro iv. blackhole immersive, ds tantra 2 and imagiro autochroma pad things out in the return channels. at 30s, an ableton percussion rack (EFX Small Cymbals) starts playing out a morse code message: "kaufmann, you scumbag".

More on the 694th weekly Disquiet Junto project, 5/4ify — The Assignment: Add a 5/4 beat to a pre-existing piece of music — at https://disquiet.com/0694/

[disquiet0694] kaufmann in 5/4

Here's my musical resonance to this week's haiku from @naviar-records.

dreadful the stream
without so much as a name!
early-summer rains

by: Yosa Buson

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku590-dreadful-the-stream/

Thank you Marco.

Dreadful the stream (naviarhaiku590)

steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino! 

Ōshima Ryōta was a Japanese poet of the Edo period. Some sources say he was a disciple of Yosa Buson, while others say his master was Hattori Ransetsu. He's mostly remembered for his essay “Bashō ku kai” 芭蕉句解 ('Study of Bashō's haiku') published in 1759, a magnum opus of his studies and literary theories on Matsuo Bashō's work.

Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta: https://thepoetryhour.com/poets/oshima-ryota/

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

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halF realitY [naviarhaiku591]

Phew! Thankfully this track didn't pass muster with the SoundCloud algorithm ... and so won't be recommended to potentially interested listeners ... Always a signal that something is probably worth a listen! 😁

See the accompanying video at https://youtu.be/wjrGJtwQnP0

This project is the first of three that are being done by the Disquiet Junto in collaboration with the 2025 Musikfestival Bern, which will be held in Switzerland from September 3 through 7. The festival topic this year is « Kette » — which translates, as the organization explains, to “Chain”: “Chains connect but they also bind. They create relationships but also restrictions. As a gift they look nice, feared when used in vice, and yet they can span bridges across fire and ice.” All three Junto projects will engage with the work of Svetlana Maraš, who is the Composer-in-Residence for the 2025 festival.

More on the 696th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Layers — The Assignment: Make music change by altering its layers — at https://disquiet.com/0696/

visuals

halF layereD [disquiet0696]

[naviarhaiku591] dream and reality

“When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”  ― Lin Yutang

Track list and start times:
00:00  Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari – Neptune Desert Sounds
03:04  Loo(p)cy – Still Here Tonight
06:43  John Hyatt and Tom Hyatt – I had a Dream where I was a Raven
10:09  La Main Traumatique – Inverse Circulaire
16:19  Keijo – Anywhere Here
21:17  Philippe Petit – Humanum Est
24:58  Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana – The Current Below
34:02  Pacha Wakay Munan & Orieta Chrem – Agua, Cuarzo y Viento
39:04  Zoe Keating – Legions (Aftermath)
45:18  Syrinx – Turning
53:35  Adi Newton – Intercepted Quantum Entanglement Transmission
1:00:19  Jochen Arbeit – Skates (pt2)
1:09:43  Noise Research vs Fonik – Electricity Never Underestimate It
1:15:12  Michael Giles Mad Band with Keith Tippett – Why Not
1:20:22  Paul Leonard-Morgan – Ma-Ma's Requiem (from ‘Dredd')
1:23:40  RicHard – Déjà vu
1:28:27  Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari – Nabta Calling
1:30:16  Susan Matthews with Clutter – Ships Will Leave
1:38:55  Patricia Gurband – Unbreak
1:42:32  Richard Bégin – Juin 1831
1:48:24  Paul Leonard-Morgan – The Sacred and the Profane
1:52:37  Roger Roger – Rhapsody In Green II Luxuriance (excerpt)
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Eclectic current – Calculations in collapsing space

[disquiet0696] cake

Here's my musical resonance to this week's haiku from @naviar-records.

slanting sunlight rays
a warm hazy afternoon
the forest to hear

by: Marc Sheridan

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku592-slanting-sunlight-rays/

Thanks to Marco Sebastiano Alessi from Naviar records.

The forest (naviarhaiku592)

inspired by my recent playthrough of RDR2

saint denis

sounding out Bingham priory
extracts from an improvisation recorded on location, 02 april 2025.

hervé perez, hotchiku jinashi shakuhachi 2.85 in G#, ©2025

sounding out – is the practice of deep listening, a connection with the spirit of a place.
these recordings are explorations of outdoor acoustics and sacred sites, investigating the nature of space and architecture, natural topography.

find more recordings of sounding out:
https://nexttimestudio.wordpress.com/

sounding ut

from horizon to horizon

from horizon to horizon [Bingham Priory april 2025]

Welcome to halF unusuaL, an evolving project inspired by the playful spirit of ‘hai’ (meaning “fun” or “unusual” in the word haiku). Here, improvisation meets the unexpected, exploring the boundary between music and non-music to shape soundscapes that feel familiar yet foreign. Listen freely, explore deeply, and if you’d like to see these sounds come to life, stop by the YouTube channel. Thank you for joining the journey! Your support helps keep this soundworld spinning. 🥰

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